Sports bring people together like very few things can and bring people together from all walks of life, in spite of their differences.

Today, sports are also a global, multibillion-dollar industry that spans nearly every aspect of our commercial, consumer, and personal lives. But that’s not the way it all started, and it’s left many feeling it may be time to re-examine the evolution sports to figure out “how we got here,” AND… “where we go FROM here?”